Developing and validating an instrument to assess performance of public sector organisations: A case study of Malaysian schools

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 56-75

  Lee, Nagarajah ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Malaysia; Public sector organizations; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849118349     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040810900403     Document Type: Article

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